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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1996
Clifford W Allen, III, Lexington, KY (US);
Theodore P O'Canna, Versailles, KY (US);
Marshall B Reynolds, Jr, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexair, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A bar feeder support has two longitudinally spaced swivel mounts for supporting longitudinally spaced portions of a cylindrical body for both sliding and swivel movement. The cylindrical body supports a feed tube for feeding a bar stock to a lathe. The front swivel mount, which is closest to the lathe, also has a clamp arrangement for clamping the cylindrical body against movement. The swivel mounts allow the cylindrical body to swivel sufficiently to slide from a position in which its longitudinal axis is aligned with an axis of a spindle of the lathe and an access position in which a new bar stock may be disposed in the feed tube, the feed tube may be removed from the cylindrical body, and another feed tube may be loaded into the cylindrical body.